Thompson Creek completes C$217 million financing
16 Settembre 2009 - 3:12PM
PR Newswire (US)
NYSE: TC TSX: TCM, TCM.WT Frankfurt: A6R TORONTO, Sept. 16
/PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Thompson Creek Metals Company Inc. (TSX:
TCM; NYSE: TC) (the "Company") announced today that it has closed
its previously announced "bought deal" equity financing for
aggregate gross proceeds of C$217,000,000. A syndicate of
underwriters purchased 15,500,000 common shares of the Company at a
price of C$14.00 per share. The underwriters have an option,
exercisable in whole or in part at any time up to 30 days after the
closing of the offering, to purchase up to an additional 2,325,000
common shares. In the event that the option is exercised in its
entirety, the additional gross proceeds would be C$32,550,000. The
Company intends to use the net proceeds from the offering for
development and expansion of existing mining assets, exploration
activities, acquisitions, working capital and general corporate
purposes. This press release shall not constitute an offer to sell
or the solicitation of an offer to buy nor shall there be any sale
of the securities in the United States or any state in which such
offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful. The securities have
not been registered under the U.S. Securities Act of 1933, as
amended, and may not be offered or sold in the United States absent
registration or an applicable exemption from the registration
requirements. Any public offering of securities to be made in the
United States will be made by means of a prospectus that may be
obtained from the issuer and that will contain detailed information
about the company and management, as well as financial statements.
Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements
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release contains "forward-looking information" within the meaning
of the United States Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of
1995 and applicable Canadian securities legislation which may
include, but is not limited to, statements with respect to the
timing and amount of estimated future production. Often, but not
always, forward-looking statements can be identified by the use of
words such as "plans", "expects", "is expected", "budget",
"scheduled", "estimates", "forecasts", "intends", "anticipates", or
"believes" or variations (including negative variations) of such
words and phrases, or state that certain actions, events or results
"may", "could", "would", "might" or "will" be taken, occur or be
achieved. Forward-looking statements involve known and unknown
risks, uncertainties and other factors which may cause the actual
results, performance or achievements of the Company and/or its
subsidiaries to be materially different from any future results,
performance or achievements expressed or implied by the
forward-looking statements. Such factors include those factors
discussed in the section entitled "Risk Factors" in the Company's
current annual information form which is available on SEDAR at
http://www.sedar.com/ and is incorporated in its Annual Report on
Form 40-F filed with the United States Securities and Exchange
Commission which is available at http://www.sec.gov/. Although the
Company has attempted to identify important factors that could
cause actual actions, events or results to differ materially from
those described in forward-looking statements, there may be other
factors that cause actions, events or results to differ from those
anticipated, estimated or intended. Forward-looking statements
contained herein are made as of the date of this news release and
the Company does not undertake to update any such forward-looking
statements, except in accordance with applicable securities laws.
There can be no assurance that forward-looking statements will
prove to be accurate, as actual results and future events could
differ materially from those anticipated in such statements.
Accordingly, readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on
forward-looking statements. CONTACT: Wayne Cheveldayoff, Director
of Investor Relations, Thompson Creek Metals Company Inc., Tel:
(416) 860-1438, Toll free: 1-800-827-0992, ; Dan Symons, Renmark
Financial Communications Inc., Tel: (514) 939-3989, DATASOURCE:
Thompson Creek Metals Company Inc. CONTACT: Wayne Cheveldayoff,
Director of Investor Relations, Thompson Creek Metals Company Inc.,
Tel: (416) 860-1438, Toll free: 1-800-827-0992, ; Dan Symons,
Renmark Financial Communications Inc., Tel: (514) 939-3989,
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